Turquoise

#81ebd3

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for turquoise, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

Turquoise is a light teal, open between blue and green. Light teals like this feel coastal and calm. Warm corals opposite it on the wheel bring contrast and sand tones keep it coastal.

Turquoise color values

Every conversion for #81ebd3, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#81ebd3

RGB129, 235, 211

HSL166, 73%, 71%

HSV166, 45%, 92%

CMYK45%, 0%, 10%, 8%

Lab86.4, -36.35, 2.11

XYZ50.52, 68.79, 72.24

Decimal8514515

Web safe#99ffcc

Pantone3245 C

Shades of turquoise

#64e6c9 #47e2bf #2bddb5 #20c7a1 #1baa8a #168d73 #12715b #0d5444 #09372d #041a15

Tints of turquoise

#8cedd7 #97efdb #a2f0df #adf2e2 #b8f4e6 #c3f6ea #cef7ee #d9f9f2 #e5fbf6 #f0fdfa

Colors that go with turquoise

Complementary#eb8199 Analogous#81eb9e Analogous#81ceeb Triadic#d381eb Triadic#ebd381 Split complementary#eb81ce Split complementary#eb9e81

Turquoise in print

It converts to cmyk cleanly and holds its character from screen to paper. The cmyk build is 45, 0, 10, 8.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #81ebd3 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

45 0 10 8

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

45 4 13 14

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color is saturated enough to sit near the edge of cmyk gamut, so expect a small drop in punch on paper and proof it before a long run.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or readrgb vs cmyk for print andwhat the k in cmyk means.

Turquoise in css

Copy #81ebd3 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #81ebd3; }
.text { color: #81ebd3; }
.border { border: 2px solid #81ebd3; }

How turquoise looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Turquoise and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #81ebd3 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use black text on this color for readable body copy. To test #81ebd3 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through ourcontrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Turquoise on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #81ebd3 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around turquoise? Pull matching colors from any photo with thecolor palette generator, or check a design for print with thergb to cmyk converter.

Turn turquoise into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #81ebd3 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from turquoise, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

Every value on this page for #81ebd3 is computed, not guessed. The rgb, hsl, hsv, cie-lab and xyz values follow the standard conversions from the sRGB color space. Two cmyk builds are shown because coated and uncoated papers behave differently, uncoated soaks up ink and needs more of it to hit the same target. The Pantone figure is the nearest match in our reference set by perceptual distance and it is an approximation, not an exact spot color.